The Ultramarines are a byword for loyalty and courage, their martial prowess is legendary and is second only to the God-Emperor.
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Jan 08, 2009
JT
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This book is 40k fluff, pure and simple. Marines are sort of tough to write about since they're all essentially gods, physically and mentally engineered successfully to be flawless (unless you're corrupted by Chaos of course, and then you're still incapable of flaw or weakness but just evil minded). So everything that isn't dealing with a fall from grace storyline (which all authors end up trying to utilize...and most fail) turns into a straight action shoot em up. Which is fine as far as rea
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Jun 03, 2010
Craig
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I had heard from different sources that Graham McNeill had a way with writing Military-Futuristic-Battle- Science Fiction. And I have to say, the novels were gritty, descriptive narratives of just that.Sometimes the characterizations were lacking, but that has to do with the rapid pace in which McNeill propels the action and story along. There are points in each novel (This is a three novel, omnibus edition) in which the action seems to move in real time, and you can't read fast enough to keep u
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Aug 10, 2011
Josh
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It was all right, but there was a lot of gore and a lot of synonyms for gore. There's only so many times you can describe someone (or an alien) being eviscerated before it becomes rather tedious.
I've been an avid follower of the Warhammer 40k universe for a long time, as well as a huge Space Marine nut, and don't get me wrong, it's dark and can often times be very bloody and/or gory; but this carried it to excess in both the first and last books of the omnibus. There was so much desc More...
I've been an avid follower of the Warhammer 40k universe for a long time, as well as a huge Space Marine nut, and don't get me wrong, it's dark and can often times be very bloody and/or gory; but this carried it to excess in both the first and last books of the omnibus. There was so much desc More...
Jul 08, 2010
Kaohlir
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Please forgive the use of differing tags to those of use upon Goodreads, I originally intended this review for a different site.
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Admittidly, this Omnibus, a trio of stories revolving around Ultramarine Protagonists naturally involves a degree of the imfamous strict Codex-Astartes adherence, thus, often bringing about boredom and the bland flavours of Ultramarine society, culture and tradition. So the authour`s intention of portray More...
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Admittidly, this Omnibus, a trio of stories revolving around Ultramarine Protagonists naturally involves a degree of the imfamous strict Codex-Astartes adherence, thus, often bringing about boredom and the bland flavours of Ultramarine society, culture and tradition. So the authour`s intention of portray More...
Dec 05, 2009
Sam
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This book is actually a collection of 3 books set in the Warhammer 40K universe. Overall, not a bad collection if your a fan of the setting or a fan of war stories.
Book 1 & 2 in this collection were by far the best. The second was especially good if you like men fighting against impossible odds (think Alamo, but on planetwide scale).
Book 3, sad to say, was a waste of space. Unless perhaps you like Dante's Inferno. It was pretty much the story of 2 space marines (super sol More...
Book 1 & 2 in this collection were by far the best. The second was especially good if you like men fighting against impossible odds (think Alamo, but on planetwide scale).
Book 3, sad to say, was a waste of space. Unless perhaps you like Dante's Inferno. It was pretty much the story of 2 space marines (super sol More...
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Jun 21, 2009
Doreen
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Book 1, Nightbringer, was good, definitely 4 stars. It had intrigue, interesting characters, plot twists: so a good read. Book 2, Warriors of Ultramar, was like that sequel they make in the movie industry to capitalize on the deserved success of the first one: pretty bad, but having enough of the flavor of the first that you forgive it its flaws. The 3rd book, Dead Sky, Black Sun, was just awful. All blood and killing and synonyms thereof. The worst part is, I borrowed this book to make some sen
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Jul 20, 2011
Murphious
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The short story to kick things off, "Chain of Command", is a nice intro to the main characters. The first two full novels, "Nightbringer", "Warriors of Ultramar" are excllent 4.5-STAR pieces (not quite perfect). Too bad things go a bit downhill from there. The "Dead Sky,Black Sun" novel has interesting plot but too much of the gothic phrasing. I guess when you are dealing with Hell and demons that will happen. But it goes a bit overboard with the freaki
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Jun 21, 2011
Angel
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I finally finished this big omnibus. This volume collects the first three novels chronicling the adventures and battles of Space Marine Captain Uriel Ventris and his 4th Company of the Ultramarines. This is all out escapist military science fiction but do not let that label fool you. There is some very good writing in these novels, and at least once I found myself really sympathizing with Captain Ventris. That particular instance for me came in the novel where the inquisitor lied about the fate
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Jan 18, 2008
Tylerm
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The novels plot is that alien raiders are tormenting planet Pavonis and the government is going haywire. The Ultramarines are sent to fix things up. They find something that changes everything. The main character is Uriel Ventris. He commands the 4th line of Ultramarines. The governor of Pavonis is Shonai. I liked this book mainly because of all the violence and war. At times to me the book was slow and boring. The pages were also long with lots of words. Near the end the narrator hooked me and
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Oct 17, 2011
Jeffrey
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Sent to Pavonis to deal with a rebbelion, Uriel Ventris gears up for just another quick mission. That was 7 monthes ago. With only his battle brothers at his side they face rebels, heretics, crazed polititions, and even a dark god whose only goal is to devour all life and power from anyone foolish enough to test his might. Will Uriel Vemtris survive this demonic encounter? Or will he fall to chaos as so many have done before him. Only time will tell. 5 Stars.
Apr 29, 2011
Matthew
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This was my first book by Graham McNeill, i loved the way the charaters came to life and took control of there own story. the way the stories carry though each of the bookes had me gripped on the egde of my seat i just wanteed more once i finished these three amazing stories.
Feb 17, 2011
Jeff
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So far so good. Book one is more of a human/political power struggle story then Soul Drinkers' nonstop hyper-action. I do hope it dives a little deeper into the Space Marines of the title, the Ultramarines, who at this point appear more as background fodder.
Oct 12, 2009
Tim
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First book was great.
Second book was pretty good.
Third book in the omnibus was meh.
Second book was pretty good.
Third book in the omnibus was meh.
Oct 14, 2011
After reading 1984 I thought I'd give this a go. I guess I just want something shallow to read
Sep 08, 2008
Gabriel
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The first book of the three included was excellent and I was pleasantly surprised.
The second book was fairly good, but not as good as the first.
The third book was horrible. Absolutely horrible. Wanted to smash my eyes out with the book horrible.
Cheers
The second book was fairly good, but not as good as the first.
The third book was horrible. Absolutely horrible. Wanted to smash my eyes out with the book horrible.
Cheers
Aug 20, 2008
T.j.
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This epic gothic sci-fi book is three books in one, Nightbringer, Warriors of Ultramar, and Dead sky Black sun. the lead character is Urial Ventris camptain of the Ultramarines 4th company, follow him as he slays Tyranids, Eldar, and Necrons.
Apr 06, 2008
Chris
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OK I admit, this kind of book is for guys what I suppose a Harlequin romance is for girls. Ultramarines has a lot of testosterone-loaded action and won't win any literature prizes, but it's fun.
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Sep 26, 2011
Bruce
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Not bad, for gaming fiction. It gives a good feel of the universe and setting, if not literary gold.
Sep 08, 2008
Crazyguythatlikespancakes
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768 pages of epicness. with such a big and great book you will fall in love large scale war all over agen
Dec 12, 2010
Aaron
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First two books in the omnibus were pretty good, but I didn't care much for the third story.
May 31, 2011
Rsoeffker
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Not great, but not bad. I have read many games workshop books, this one was tolerable.
Sep 16, 2008
Ronnie
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Good Book but ended in a cliff hanger i guess i will have to read the next one
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